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What is Melonite?

I have a part that is made of H-13 steel. We need to have it Melinite. What is Melinite? Thank you

Shelby Moorman
plastics - Baltimore, Maryland
April 24, 2009

Hi, Shelby. How do you know you need Melinite? If it written that way on a drawing? Is it just verbal? I ask because I think you may be asking about Melonite, which is a trade name, and which may refer to their QPQ process, a salt-bath nitriding and polishing process for case hardening. Kolene has an article online here about their QPQ process. Good luck.

Regards,

Ted Mooney, P.E.
Striving to live Aloha
finishing.com - Pine Beach, New Jersey
April 24, 2009

Melinite was a high explosive of French manufacture introduced in about 1870 and based on picric acid.

Explosive forming of steel is a perfectly good manufacturing method but more modern explosives are normally used.

Geoff Smith
Hampshire, England
April 28, 2009

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